Stuff I Have No Time to Blog About
Filed Under: Homeschooling, Parenting, Thriving
1. L had his first sleep-over last night. His cousin stayed over here and the boys were up until 2 am playing cards and Playstation and eating ice cream and pizza goldfish. I have so many great sleep-over memories from my own childhood. Do people still play “light as a feather?”
2. Is it weird to LOVE rain? I love it. And thunderstorms? Forget about it - love, LOVE thunderstorms! I love to drive in it, walk around in it, or just sit in the house all dark and cozy and humid. I like to open the windows and cuddle up in a blanket, smelling that fresh rain smell and listening to the hissing rhythm. I’d probably live in Seattle if it weren’t so far from my family.
3. The homeschooling lifestyle is so awesome. When L went to sports camps a few weeks this summer, I got a taste of what it might be like if I had to get the kids up every morning, pack bags and lunches, sign permission slips and get them out the door at some insane hour like 8 am. I’ve decided it would suck.
4. Xylitol. How have I not heard of this incredible sugar substitute before? How is this not being marketed Super Bowl Sunday style? My dentist recently recommended chewing gum with xylitol to prevent cavities and he gave me a few packets to try in my coffee. It’s incredible. If you haven’t heard about xylitol, read this. Then read this. Then Google it and read some more. Then go buy some. Seriously. It’s the ONLY sugar substitute I’ve EVER been able to use in my coffee. I love my sugar and this stuff could potentially save me from diabetes. I can’t figure out why this isn’t all over the grocery stores… maybe it’s expensive as a food additive? I’m going to make muffins with it this week, so I’ll update y’all on how it works in baking.
PHAT = Parenting, Homeschooling And Technology. That about sums up my life at the moment. 
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Todd Weldner | Aug 29, 2006 | Reply
Xylitol, I first heard about this around March when my Mother in law was diagnosed with ALS (lou gerhigs disease) I searched the internet to find out all I could, and found out about Glyconutrients. Glyconutrients work to keep our hormones in
balance, to fight off disease invaders, to enable blood to clot, to give our cells their structural support network and (perhaps most important of all) to create a complex cellular messaging system.
There are eight. One of which is Xylitol. Which without a suppliment I have only found in certain Gums. The suppliment which contains all 8 is very expensive. But here is an intresting fact:
Glyconutrients are so important to our health,
that Mother Nature has made provisions to ensure we
get them early on in life. Breast milk contains five
of the essential glyconutrients mentioned above.
Emerging research continues to support how important
breast-feeding is to human development–both short
term and long term. The areas most noted as positively
affected by breast milk nourishment are immune function and brain development.
One reason that breast-fed babies are protected
from infections is because breast milk is full of
glyconutrients that may actually prevent infectious
organisms from sticking to intestinal cells.
But untill now i didn’t know you could buy it for home use as a sugar substatute.
Todd Weldner
Todd Weldner | Aug 29, 2006 | Reply
Rain…..Are we talking summer warm rain, or dead of winter cold freezing rain? There are so many different types and I can’t say I love them all. But some are nice to be outside during, Some suck monkey butt and I hate.
Thunderstorms with lots of thunder and a spectacular light show are on my list of favorite things. Love ‘em.
Homeschooling I know nothing about and I would never do as I am an idiot and I want my children to become better then I.
Light as a feather???? Is that an xbox game? lol My only memory of a sleepover was with Andy (poo bear) and we almost burnt down my house on Rt. 29. But my kids can have as many as they want, but haven’t asked for one yet.
Todd Weldner
Philip | Aug 29, 2006 | Reply
Rain is so cool. I miss thunderstorms, like we had in the midwest when I was growing up. Where I live now it just rains.
I look forward to sleepovers for my little ones. They are very excited about the prospect. “Friends, over here? To sleep? All night?”
I feel that I’m not qualified enough on about a zillion topics to tackle homeschooling; and I’ve never heard of that sugar substitute before.